After Your Rejection

Chapter 8 Your Sister is My Mate

Alexis

'I'm glad YOU didn't pick the card, Bri. Can you imagine lifting me up on your back?' Damian tells her, looking relieved.

'Excuse me? You would be the one doing the heavy lifting.' Bri counters him.

'You mean you are fat?' Damian smirks and gets a slap from Bri.

'Always the gentlemen.' Finn looks at Damian with a straight face. No emotion whatsoever.

'You are a f*cking p***y, Damian.' Axel smirks at Damian.

'Language!' Comes from the group of Alphas while I'm figuring out how to climb on Sebastian's back. I'm not exactly sure how I should do this. Like, do I have to sit on his back and straddle him or maybe lie down on his back…

'Sebastian, I don't know how we should do it. Any idea?' I ask him, embarrassed. Sh*t, I addressed him as Sebastian, not Alpha or Alpha Sebastian. 'I mean, Alpha.' I say quietly, correcting myself. Sebastian looks at me with an unreadable expression. He opens his mouth, but before he can say a word, Damian interrupts him.

'Since you are not experienced, let me explain the basic concept to you. You know, I've been doing this kind of leisure activity for a long time now. Actually, it's pretty simple. You just lie down and let the man do the hard work. Just try to hold on to him tightly.' Of course, Damian and his stupid mouth. Why can't he just shut up for once and not embarrass me?

'Shut your hole, Damian! You are talking about my sister.' Axel growls, punching Damian's arm.

'I think it'll be for the best if you sit on my back like you'd sit on a horse. And try to keep your legs up.' Sebastian ignores Damian's comment, which I'm grateful for. He doesn't seem bothered about it, though. I, on the other hand, am embarrassed. When he takes off his shirt and tosses it on the couch, I can't stop myself from admiring his broad shoulders, chiselled chest and well-defined six-pack. I trail his body with my eyes from his chest to his hips and back up again. F*ck! This man is so sexy. When I meet his eyes, I can't help but blush. I was caught staring. F*cking hell, I bet I'm now red like a tomato. Can somebody just kill me now?

'When you are done drooling over him, you should hop on him so we can continue. The night is young, but patience is not my best quality.' Finn rolls his eyes at me. Just perfect!

'Ok, let's go.' I straddle Sebastian before anybody else could say anything and add to my plate. When Sebastian does his first push-up, I start to count. He doesn't seem to mind my weight on his back, we are done within a couple of minutes. I must admit, I'm impressed with his strength. Not that I'm heavy, but still, it's not that easy to do push-ups with a load on your back.

'Axel, your turn.' I look at Axel with a questioning look. Axel knows what I mean, I don't need to spell it for him. Alpha Sebastian is putting back his shirt. I try very hard not to look at him.

'The card.' is Axel's response.

'You have 15 minutes to find 5 people of the opposite s*x willing to give you a kiss. Both players have to get at least one kiss.' Axel reads his first dare and I glance at him with a pitiful look. I'm sure he won't do it. I bet Damian wrote this one, hoping he would be the one to get it one day.

'Not doing it. Damian, your turn.' Axel states and puts down the card.

'What do you mean you're not doing it?' Finn asks with raised eyebrows.

'Like I said, I'm not doing this dare.' Axel repeats.

'Axel, for Goddess's sake, we need this point. I don't want to be in another advertisement. Don't be a p*ssy and let's do the dare!' Finn is practically begging Axel now.

'I don't want to kiss anybody.' Axel says, not bothered by Finn's begging. I know Axel's reason. He's not going to budge on this one.

'Are you kidding me? We are going to lose if you don't grow your balls soon. It's just a meaningless kiss, nothing more!' Finn is pissed now.

'Hey, leave him be. It's his decision.' I try to interfere, which gets me a murderous glare from Finn.

'It's not just a kiss, it'll be my first kiss. And I don't want it with anybody but my mate.' Axel confesses.

'Wait what? You haven't kissed anybody? Like never?' Finn looks like he doesn't believe him.

'No, I'm waiting for my mate.' Axel says, not caring what they think about his lack of experience of kissing. Not that I kissed anybody. I'm waiting for my mate.

'That means you've never...' Bri doesn't have to finish her sentence, we all know what she's referring to.

'No. I thought you all knew. Have you ever seen me with a she-wolf?' Axel isn't like all the unmated Alphas, messing around while waiting for their fated mates. Most Alphas claim that they are more sexually driven than other wolves and that it's harder for them to just wait for their mates. Damian and Finn aren't waiting. I've heard a story or two about both of them fouling around. Damian is pretty popular with she-wolves, and Finn... Well, he's the future Alpha. What she-wolf doesn't want to have an experience with the Alpha?

'I still don't get how you can exist without being physical with girls. It's the only thing that has kept me afloat during my endless wait for my fated mate. If it's just a one-night stand, and then you never see the chick again, it's like it never happened.' Damian says. He is such a pig.

'You are disgusting!' Bri is fake-gaging because of his remark.

'One day, you will be glad Axel refused to mess around with girls.' I tell Finn, hoping I haven't revealed too much.

'And why would I be happy?' Finn asks me, annoyed. I look at Axel. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to reveal Axel's secret, it's not my place to say it. Axel takes a deep breath. I'm trying to tell him I'm sorry. I can't mind-link him just yet, I need to wait until tomorrow. I hope he understands that I'm sorry I added to this mess.

'Because your sister is my mate!' Axel says loudly, looking straight into Finn's eyes, waiting for his reaction. Everyone is staring at Axel with their mouths open, even all the Alphas. Of course they heard! Our parents know, but I bet Axel hasn't told Alpha Flynn. Axel facepalms himself. This is not what he wanted it to be.

'Since the cat is out of the bag... I have known for a long time that Freya is my mate. My wolf recognized her when we were at the Alphas Ball in your pack this year. I didn't want to tell anybody because I wanted it to be magical for her when she found out what I was to her. Only Alexis knows. And our parents. I want Freya to feel the same sensation I felt when I smelt her intoxicating scent for the first time. We have known each other from childhood, and I have been attracted to her since she became a teenager. But the moment I felt the mate bond, it was like something clicked, like some final puzzle found its way to the right place. And I'm glad it's her because I always liked her more than any other girl.' Axel confesses. Freya is the reason Axel doesn't sleep around. He has loved her for a long time.